LCD Screen Questions

[c2ironfist]

Hey guys

I just wanted to know how delicate are the LCD screens for our cameras? I read something like mine is a TFT LCD screen so I'm not sure but.. the question is

How durable are our screens?

How much abuse can they take?

Do they scratch?

Does touching it with your fingers can it cuase any problems?

How to properly clean them? ( I know it says just wipte with a dry cloth but sometimes when you get it really dirty you need to use a little water )

Any sort of problems I should look out for? For example I met this girl she had an Optio S4I great camera by the way but.. her LCD screen was messed up the colours were very blue, she told me she got water in it thats why. So I was wondering what other factors can cause your LCD screen to malfuntion.

Let me know thanks

Jimmy

[D70FAN]

Hey guys

I just wanted to know how delicate are the LCD screens for our cameras? I read something like mine is a TFT LCD screen so I'm not sure but.. the question is

How durable are our screens?

How much abuse can they take?

Do they scratch?

Does touching it with your fingers can it cuase any problems?

How to properly clean them? ( I know it says just wipte with a dry cloth but sometimes when you get it really dirty you need to use a little water )

Any sort of problems I should look out for? For example I met this girl she had an Optio S4I great camera by the way but.. her LCD screen was messed up the colours were very blue, she told me she got water in it thats why. So I was wondering what other factors can cause your LCD screen to malfuntion.

Let me know thanks

Jimmy

It's actually surprising that more LCD's don't fail (not counting dead pixels). They can take quite a bit of abuse, but getting them very wet is not a good idea (even with a glass cover) and neither is pressing on them with your finger just to see the rainbow it makes. :rolleyes:

I still have my original Nikon 900 (1.3MP) circa 1998 and the LCD has been banged around and even has a small scratch in the glass cover, but it still works fine. Likewise my 990, which has rolled over twice (20K shots +). the LCD is as crisp and fluid as the day I bought it almost 5 years ago. Because there is a glass cover on these LCD's I clean them with a little Windex sprayed on the cleaning cloth, not directly on the LCD.

Currently, with the D70 they have included a snap-on plastic LCD protector. A good idea since I seem to take the D70 into harms way more often than I did my other cameras and the protector has already accumulated a few scratches.

So of course reasonable LCD/TFT care is in order, but I'm not sure that you need to really worry about it.

[c2ironfist]

It's actually surprising that more LCD's don't fail (not counting dead pixels). They can take quite a bit of abuse, but getting them very wet is not a good idea (even with a glass cover) and neither is pressing on them with your finger just to see the rainbow it makes. :rolleyes:

I still have my original Nikon 900 (1.3MP) circa 1998 and the LCD has been banged around and even has a small scratch in the glass cover, but it still works fine. Likewise my 990, which has rolled over twice (20K shots +). the LCD is as crisp and fluid as the day I bought it almost 5 years ago. Because there is a glass cover on these LCD's I clean them with a little Windex sprayed on the cleaning cloth, not directly on the LCD.

Currently, with the D70 they have included a snap-on plastic LCD protector. A good idea since I seem to take the D70 into harms way more often than I did my other cameras and the protector has already accumulated a few scratches.

So of course reasonable LCD/TFT care is in order, but I'm not sure that you need to really worry about it.


Hey George thanks for the info

I think my LCD is hard like glass and its really hard to get it smugged with finger prints. Unlike my Optio S40 where the LCD is sorta soft and gets really dirty fast and hard to clean.

Just wondering how many different types of LCDs are there I know the laptop ones have really soft screens some of them anyways and there are others that are more like glass..

Which one is bettor? Or is there really a difference at all?

[jeisner]

I think you will find that hard glass LCD, is actually a protective layer over the top of the actual LCD, and it is normally plastic not glass, the soft LCDs you refer to are just poorly designed cameras that don't have a protective layer over the LCD.

[c2ironfist]

great knowing this I wont have to be too too carefull :)